Former PSB Chair Says Vermont In Position Of Strength In Lawsuit

The owner of
Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant has sued the state, asking a federal judge
to block the state from shutting the plant down next year.

Yankee's original 40-year
operating license was scheduled to expire next March. But, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission has approved extending the license for another 20 years.

So will Vermont
Yankee be able to keep operating? VPR's Mitch Wertlieb gets some perspective
from Michael Dworkin, a former chairman of the Vermont Public Service Board who
now heads the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School.